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Monday, 10 February 2014

Interesting Fact…

The term 'honeymoon' first
originated in Babylon, about 4,000 years ago. Honeymoon came into use for the
month after a wedding, when the bride's father would give the groom all the
mead he wanted. Mead is actually a honey beer, and being so, the Babylon's calendar
was a lunar calender, which is based off the moon. They then started to call
that month, the 'honey month', which we now have adapted to be honeymoon.

This interesting fact is brought
to you by Wikipedia. Not always the fountain of truthful information but I like
to believe it’s true.

Three months before my 28th
birthday, around the time I had decided to ask for Catherine’s hand. I decided
that I wanted to add another skill to my quiver of past times. By this time I
had become quite the Baker with a long gallery for cakes and buns (yes a future
post will go into this in more detail) also I had hit a pinnacle point with my
work in crochet. My next adventure was the magical world of brewing beer.

It was a random Thursday when I arrived
home from work when I ran into the house to be greeted by Catherine, once again
I was like an excited little boy who thought he had invented sliced bread.

“CATHERINE...” (pause for dramatic
effect) “I have had the best idea ever!!!” (more dramatic pausing) “I am going
to start brewing my own Beer!!!! I’ve even got a name for it all figured out…
LIQUID COURAGE”

Catherine - “How the heck did you
know I was going to get you a Beer brewing kit for your birthday?”

This was all the proof I needed,
if I ever needed proof to begin with. Catherine is my soul mate, my other half.
She knows what I want before I even dream up the crazy thing I want. She
completes me.

This all leads me back to the
interesting fact. Honey Mead. Whilst brewing my beer, which I received in time
to brew and serve at my birthday (Clever move Catherine) I decided to go the
extra mile and brew my own Honey Mead. This was a simple process of fermenting
honey in water with yeast. I had even thought of a name “MORRIS MEAD”.

Trust me
there is a connection.

So Honeymoon – Honey Mead… I
thought it would be an awesome idea that as our wedding favours that each
person would receive a miniature bottle of honey mead with a tagline about the
interesting fact. This idea is not the one we will be using for our wedding
however feel free to use it yourself.

This brings me full circle around
to where my next post will continue… the Honeymoon.